Manual Scavenging :Shortcomings and Challenges: Inhuman practice of Manual Scavenging - Softcover

Singh, Aarti

 
9783330037892: Manual Scavenging :Shortcomings and Challenges: Inhuman practice of Manual Scavenging
Softcover
ISBN 10: 333003789X ISBN 13: 9783330037892
Publisher: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 2017

Synopsis

Manual scavenging is a profession which has been in existence since the human civilization and its compartmentalisation into varna system in India. Deemed to polluting and filthy occupation, this job is preformed exclusively by dalits and that too, to a sub-caste of dalits who are considered even by other dalits sub-castes to be wretched and ‘untouchable’. The inhuman practice of manually removing night soil which involves removal of human excrements from dry toilets with bare hands, brooms or metal scrappers; carrying excrements and baskets to dumping sites for disposal, is not only diabolic but perhaps the highest degree of human rights violation.This book throws light on the historical development of this inhumane practice ,its shortcomings and challenges.

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About the Author

Aarti Singh,is a PhD Research scholar at Banaras Hindu University,Varanasi,India.She completed her bachelors and masters in law from Bharati Vidyapeeth University,Pune,India.She has interest in Human Rights and International Law.

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Publisher
LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing
Publication date
2017
Language
English
ISBN 10 
333003789X
ISBN 13 
9783330037892
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
80